Parent Sues School Over Religious Education Program

The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed a complaint last month and has asked a federal judge to shut down a voluntary "release time" program for "By the Book Weekday Religious Instruction" offered to third- and fourth-graders in the Huntington County Community School Corp. (Ind.). The district claims the program neither advances nor inhibits religion. A 1952 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allowed students to receive religious education during school hours, but not on school property has protected similar programs at other elementary schools.

To read the wsbt.com article, click here.